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House arrest and its perception by the offenders.
HRUŠKOVÁ, Hana
The present study summarizes the modern approach in the alternative sentence of the house arrest and its perception by the offenders. The study is divided into 2 parts ? theoretical and research. The theoretical part consists of characterization of the restorative justice, general definition and law framework of the house arrest in the Czech Republic and the work of the Probation agency regarding those sentenced to the house arrest. It also examines the house arrest sentence as defined around the world, compares the European and American model and summarize the current state of the electronic monitoring and the implementation of the electronic monitoring service in the Czech Republic. The research part investigates the subjective perception of the house arrest by the sentenced, their motivations for the cooperation with the Probation agency and the most painful restrictions of the home confinement over the weekends. The future of the house arrest in Czech Republic now rests with the implementation of the electronic monitoring and subsequent social reintegration of the offenders as done by the Probation agency.
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Imposing the Punishment of Community Services by the Courts of Pilsen region
ŠIDLOVÁ, Kateřina
The objective of this diploma work was to map completely the various aspects of the community service punishment using the legal regulations applicable at the time of working on this paper as compared to the adopted Penal Code that came into force on 1 January 2010. The data collection and the set hypothesis verification in the theoretical part of the paper were carried out using a quantitative research, the method of document analysis, the technique of secondary data analysis. The qualitative part of the research used the method of questioning, the technique of standardized interview. Interviews were carried out with law court staff and probation staff during April 2010. Based on these interviews, we obtained the opinions of the professional staff of the adoption of the new Penal Code, in particular with regard to the changes this new code brings to the punishment of community service. The research has shown that the imposition of the community service punishment by the law courts in the Pilsen region does not drop {--} it still remains on the level of about 19.3 % of the total number of condemned in criminal cases. According to the interviews with judges, senior law officers and probation staff it has been found out, that the new Penal Code could facilitate the feasibility of the community service punishment with regard to mandatory preliminary negotiation, lowering the upper limit of the community service punishment length and toughening the transformation of the community service punishment. Unfortunately, even a perfect legal regulation cannot guarantee a proper function of the entire system. What is essential is the cooperation of all the bodies concerned, the correct application of legal regulations and, last but not least, the attitude of the society. We hope that the paper will serve not only as instruction material but it will be possible to use it to provide information to laic as well as professional public.
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Comunnity Service Odere in South Bohemia Region
ŠTĚCHOVÁ, Michaela
This work deal with the Community service order, its enactment given by the law no. 140/1961 Sb. (Criminal code) and 141/1961 Sb. (Code of criminal procedure) and by the changes concerning this punishment under the rule of law no. 40/2009 Sb. (Criminal code) with validity from 1.1.2010. Furthermore, the work deal with role of Probation and mediation service in verification of Community service orders with regard to routine in Southern Bohemia. In the end of the work are used a statistical data concerning the number of Community service orders in Sothern Bohemia in the years 2001-2009.
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Mediation and Probation service in the Czech Republic - The Enforcement of Community service
ADAMCOVÁ, Renata
The topic of the thesis is one of the most used alternative punishments in the Czech Republic, the community service punishment. The aim of the thesis was to evaluate the development of sentencing of this kind since its implementation to legal order of the Czech Republic, with the focus on the structure of an offender, who is imposed the sentence on, and the effectiveness of this punishment execution. Further the aim is to find out the evaluation of prepared legislative changes regarding this punishment by the workers of Probation and Mediation Service in the Czech Republic. Theoretical part outlines main thoughts of restorative justice, from which alternative punishment sentencing results. It describes the kinds of alternative punishments used in the Czech Republic; it focuses on the definition of community service punishment and its current legal regulations. It also introduces Probation and Mediation Service in the Czech Republic, first of all its activity within the execution of community service punishment and its realization. Finally, the theoretical part presents forthcoming legislative changes concerning the community service punishment. The practical part is divided into two parts. In the first part the development of sentencing and execution of community service punishment is evaluated by means of the analysis of secondary data. In the second part the workers of Probation and Mediation Service in the Czech Republic were interviewed on the basis of structured dialogues and their evaluation of prepared legislative changes in the sphere of community service punishment was found out. The thesis may serve as a general survey of these problems.
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Lay Public awareness of the Probation and Mediation Service
HUPÁKOVÁ, Markéta
Together with the reform of the criminal justice it was necessary to form a complex system of activities concerning the realization and effective usage of the introduced system of alternative punishments and deviations in criminal proceedings. On the basis of this requirement the institution of the Probation and Mediation Service (PMS) of the Czech Republic was established in 2001. The mission of the PMS is to create conditions for alternative punishments use in the course of the criminal proceedings and to ensure the effective execution of alternative punishments. For this purpose this service carries out the probation and mediation and participates in settlement of disputes between the accused and accusers and makes efforts to appease conflict situations and to restore the respect for rules of law. The integral part of the PMS mission is prevention and reducing the risk of the recurrence of criminal activity. The objective of the thesis is to examine the real public awareness of the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic, to give account of the lay public attitudes to the institution of alternative punishments. The thesis also studies opinions of alternative punishments in professionals who cooperate with the Probation and Mediation Service. Before the research the following hypotheses were stated: H I: The awareness of the lay public of the Probation and Mediation Service is low. Partial H I: The lay public gets information mostly through the television broadcasting. H II: The cooperation of professionals with the Probation and Mediation Service influences the attitude to alternative punishments, which become more acceptable to be imposed. To verify the hypotheses the quantitative research, the questionnaire method was used. I made up standardised questionnaires with a series of 15 questions. The first research set was composed of the lay public. 100 persons aged 20 {--} 60 years were chosen at random. The other research set comprised staff members of subjects cooperating with the Probation and Mediation Service of the Police of the Czech Republic, of local and municipal authorities, of the Employment Office, of the prison system. 50 persons were addressed on the whole. The results show that the H I as well as the partial H I, relating to the awareness of the lay public of the Probation and Mediation Service, were confirmed. The hypothesis II, focused on attitudes of professionals cooperating with the PMS to alternative punishments, was rejected.
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Supervision as an Alternative Form of Punishment
RYCHLÍKOVÁ, Tereza
The main goal of my work is to describe supervision as one of the alternative form of punishment. In the first part is described development of supervision in the world and Czech Republic and for comparison how supervision works in other countries of Europe. Other part is dedicated to work of Probation and Mediation service in Czech Republic. Main part of work is about description of the most important institutes with supervision, mainly to work of probation officer with clients. This part is supplemented by graphs and casuistries. Last part contains description of differences in supervision of children and juveniles.
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Alternative Punishment and Their Problems in Practise
PETRBOKOVÁ, Lenka
The Bachelor{\crq}s thesis being submitted is focused on the issues of alternative punishment. This theme seems very current nowadays when a prison is being overcrowded. In the theoretical section differend kinds of alternatives that are applied within criminality solving are described. Therewithal is engaged with basis of alternative punishment. It described notions that are related with this questions. In practical section judges{\crq} opinions and opinions of students of social subjects are being found out through the use of question-form. Than their approaches are being compared. Is evaluated research which is investigated the consciousness of the society of the alternative punishment.
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The attitude of the expert and the lay public towards institut of alternative punishments.
TURKOVÁ, Petra
Globally, the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries has been a period of major reforms in criminal law which are connected with the effort to find new methods to deal with crime and to replace or at least complement some inflexible procedures in administration of criminal cases. More and more attention is being paid to alternative proceedings before the court and alternative punishments in criminal cases. The Czech Republic has not fallen behind in the developments. My work seeks to map the options of alternative punishments, with a focus on community service. My work also deals with the legal framework for punishments in form of community service in selected countries. I will also mention the institute of Probation and Mediation Service. The work also points to the prepared amendment to the Criminal Code in connection with community service punishments. The research in my work is divided into two parts. The first part is a quantitative survey of opinions of the general public and the other part is a qualitative survey of opinions of professionals, such as judges, policemen and officers of the Probation and Mediation Service. The main objective of the work is to learn about the general public attitudes to and awareness of application and implementation of alternative punishments. I tried to find out which punishments would be preferred by the general public. Another objective of this work has been to survey opinions of professionals in respect to application and implementation of alternative punishments. In the first survey three of my hypotheses have been confirmed and two have been disconfirmed. Based on results of the secod part of the survey I have devised three hypotheses. The results of my work have shown that although the general public has a certain level of awareness of the issue, the knowledge is very superficial. The general public has demonstrated a significant degree of tolerance and benevolence to persons with alternative punishments. Professionals mostly approve the existing legal framework for the alternative punishments. They find the definition of these punishments in the Criminal Code adequate and they believe that alternative punishments have been used sufficiently. The work will serve as a general overview of the issue.
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The education and employment of prisoners within and after the execution of their confinement
Jakešová, Ivana ; Minárik, Pavol (advisor) ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (referee)
Introduction of this bachelor thesis deals with an importance of terms "human capital" and "restorative justice". Nowadays, the main aim is not to incarcerate a criminal, but to stimulate him to change his behavior, in order to become a better man. Hence, there is a possibility for a criminal to extend his education, to take up a retraining course or to start working during the execution of his punishment. The main goal of this theses is to find out whether these activities, education, retraining courses or employment within the execution of a punishment are rather a benefit for both convicted and society. Huge range of projects have been created to strive for re-integration of former criminals into society and to the employment market. I will try to answer the question if a criminal becomes better by virtue of activities listed above and I would like to prove it with statistics related to the hight of recidivism, i.e. repeated criminal activity in the Czech Republic.
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